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The Division comprises over 2200 academics and staff, 800 graduate students and 900 undergraduates; about 350 NHS Clinicians and GPs contribute to our teaching activities. In total over 2500 individuals are involved in research.
Medical sciences research at Oxford has maintained its pre-eminent standing, as demonstrated by the results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Analysis of the preliminary results published in December 2008 places Oxford medical sciences research as being of the highest quality in the UK in four separate medical science disciplines.
Series associated with Medical Sciences Division
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| 516 | Creative Commons | The Heart and the Head, Part 1 | Irina Pulyakhina, from the Julian Knight group at the WTCHG, speaks about her time helping a Masters student through an important presentation. | Irina Pulyakhina | 16 Nov 2015 |
| 515 | Creative Commons | The Heart and the Head, the full evening of science, storytelling, and music | An evening of storytelling and music where researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, the Jenner Institute, and Cancer Research UK came together to tell stories about their lives as scientists, with live musical accompaniment. | Erwan Atcheson, Daniel Bulte, Anna Fowler, Brian Mackenwells | 16 Nov 2015 |
| 514 | 'Clues' part 2 - Watching penguins | How do you understand how large populations of penguins on Antarctica change? And how can you use this information to protect penguins? | Tom Hart | 16 Nov 2015 | |
| 513 | Management of primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) symptoms | Overview of PLS symptoms and how to manage them | Rachel Marsden, Kevin Talbot | 10 Nov 2015 | |
| 512 | Techniques used to research primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) | Overview of MRI etc. | Ricarda Menke | 10 Nov 2015 | |
| 511 | The genetics of primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) | An overview of the genetics of PLS | Chris McDermott | 10 Nov 2015 | |
| 510 | What is Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS)? | An overview of PLS in the clinic | Kevin Talbot | 10 Nov 2015 | |
| 509 | History of Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS) | Introduction to PLS day in Oxford | Martin Turner | 10 Nov 2015 | |
| 508 | Creative Commons | History of Neuroscience at Oxford: Four Centuries of Discovery | The second annual lecture for the Clinical Neurosciences Society, NDCN | Zoltan Molnar | 27 Oct 2015 |
| 507 | Creative Commons | Modelling Down’s syndrome in mice to learn about Alzheimer’s disease | NDCN departmental seminar | Elizabeth Fisher | 27 Oct 2015 |
| 506 | Creative Commons | 'Clues' part 1 - Predicting volcanic eruptions | From people on the the ground to satellites in the air - how do we monitor and understand volcanos in an attempt to understand when they might erupt? | David Pyle | 22 Oct 2015 |
| 505 | What has EBM done for healthcare? | Professor Carl Heneghan gives a talk for the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine podcast series. | Carl Heneghan | 22 Oct 2015 | |
| 504 | Creative Commons | Medical science needs you! Human clinical trials | Clinical trials for vaccines: how they work and what's involved for volunteers. | Sean Elias, Natalie Lella | 19 Oct 2015 |
| 503 | Creative Commons | How clean is a clean room? Human vaccine manufacture | The stringent processes that ensure new vaccines are clinic-ready | Sean Elias, Emma Bolan | 19 Oct 2015 |
| 502 | Creative Commons | Maladies and mice. Pre-clinical vaccine development | Approaches used to target particularly tricky diseases to treat, such as malaria, HIV, Flu and TB. | Sean Elias, Lynda Coughlan, Rachel Tanner | 19 Oct 2015 |
| 501 | Creative Commons | Why vaccinate? The history and science of vaccination | Vaccine origins, science behind how vaccines work and how outbreaks of diseases can occur if vaccination levels drop too low. | Sean Elias | 19 Oct 2015 |
| 500 | Creative Commons | Exploring psychiatry through images and objects | Dr Charlotte Allan, Academic Clinical Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, gives a talk in conjunction with the University Engagement Programme at the Ashmolean Museum. | Charlotte Allan | 13 Oct 2015 |
| 499 | Creative Commons | The Oxford Conference on Ageing and Psychiatry Closing Remarks | Dr Charlotte Allan, Academic Clinical Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, closes The Oxford Conference on Ageing and Psychiatry. | Charlotte Allan | 09 Oct 2015 |
| 498 | Creative Commons | MRC Dementia's platform | Dr Clare Mackay, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, gives a talk for the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing. | Clare Mackay | 09 Oct 2015 |
| 497 | Creative Commons | Meeting the challenges of dementia research | Dr Emma O'Brien, Science Communications Officer, Alzheimer's Research UK gives a talk for the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing. | Emma O’Brien | 09 Oct 2015 |
| 496 | Creative Commons | Brain imaging and the Whitehall II Study | Prof Klaus Ebmeier, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, gives a talk for the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing. | Klaus Ebmeier | 09 Oct 2015 |
| 495 | Creative Commons | Engaging with the community | Marianne Talbot, author and philospher, gives a talk for the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing. | Marianne Talbot | 09 Oct 2015 |
| 494 | Creative Commons | Ethical and legal challenges in old age psychiatry | Dr Hugh Series, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Oxford Health NHS FT, gives a talk for the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing. | Hugh Series | 09 Oct 2015 |
| 493 | Creative Commons | Psychological medicine: the importance of crossing boundaries | Dr Bart Sheehan, Consultant in Psychological Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT, gives the fifth talk in the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing. | Bart Sheehan | 08 Oct 2015 |
| 492 | Creative Commons | Working in low and middle income countries | Dr Philip Wilkinson, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Oxford Health NHS FT, gives the fourth talk for the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing, | Phillip Wilkinson | 08 Oct 2015 |
| 491 | Creative Commons | Older people's views of integrated care | Mr Chris Graham, Director of Research and Policy, Picker Institute, gives the third talk in the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing. | Chris Graham | 08 Oct 2015 |
| 490 | Creative Commons | Policy challenges in population ageing | Dr Laurel Hixon, Research Fellow, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, gives the first talk for the Oxford Conference on Ageing and Psychiatry. | Laurel Hixon | 08 Oct 2015 |
| 489 | Creative Commons | The Oxford Conference on Ageing and Psychiatry Opening Remarks | Dr Charlotte Allan gives the opening remarks to the Oxford Conference on Ageing and Psychiatry, held in Wolfson College, Oxford on 28th September 2015. | Charlotte Allan | 08 Oct 2015 |
| 488 | Creative Commons | Artemisinin Resistance | Artemisinins are very poweful tools in the treatment of malaria, and the emerging loss of their activity has the potential to create a major public health problem. | Charlie Woodrow | 05 Oct 2015 |
| 487 | Creative Commons | The ethics of research | Identifying and addressing ethical issues are key to the success of any clinical trials, particularly when working with vulnerable populations. | Phaik Yeong Cheah | 05 Oct 2015 |
| 486 | Creative Commons | Science and Society | In settings with high level of poverty and over-stretched health services, researchers have even greater responsibilities to the communities and study participants. | Vicki Marsh | 05 Oct 2015 |
| 485 | Creative Commons | Melanoma | Melanoma or skin cancer is one of the fastest rising cancer types. When identified early, melanoma is relatively easy to cure, but once it starts to metastasise, it becomes very difficult to treat. | Colin Goding | 05 Oct 2015 |
| 484 | Creative Commons | Targeting epigenetics to treat cancer | Transcription is a tightly regulated process, where chemical modifications initiate the duplication of genetic material. This epigenetic process is often dysregulated in cancer, but it can be targeted with small molecule inhibitors. | Panagis Filippakopoulos | 05 Oct 2015 |
| 483 | Creative Commons | Artemisinin Resistance | Artemisinins are very poweful tools in the treatment of malaria, and the emerging loss of their activity has the potential to create a major public health problem. | Charlie Woodrow | 05 Oct 2015 |
| 482 | Creative Commons | The ethics of research | Identifying and addressing ethical issues are key to the success of any clinical trials, particularly when working with vulnerable populations. | Phaik Yeong Cheah | 05 Oct 2015 |
| 481 | Creative Commons | Science and Society | In settings with high level of poverty and over-stretched health services, researchers have even greater responsibilities to the communities and study participants. | Vicki Marsh | 05 Oct 2015 |
| 480 | Creative Commons | Melanoma | Melanoma or skin cancer is one of the fastest rising cancer types. When identified early, melanoma is relatively easy to cure, but once it starts to metastasise, it becomes very difficult to treat. | Colin Goding | 05 Oct 2015 |
| 479 | Creative Commons | Targeting epigenetics to treat cancer | Transcription is a tightly regulated process, where chemical modifications initiate the duplication of genetic material. This epigenetic process is often dysregulated in cancer, but it can be targeted with small molecule inhibitors. | Panagis Filippakopoulos | 05 Oct 2015 |
| 478 | Creative Commons | Theorising with narrative: How careful analysis of stories can help us rise above the ontological desert of ‘behaviour change’ research | Professor Trish Greenhalgh gives a talk for the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine. | Trish Greenhalgh | 05 Aug 2015 |
| 477 | Creative Commons | A deep breath in | Asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) are common conditions that affect the lives of many people. | Mona Bafadhel | 28 Jul 2015 |
| 476 | Creative Commons | Chemistry, epigenetics and drugs | Alteration of gene expression is fundamental to many diseases. A better understanding of how epigenetic proteins affect diseases provides a starting point for therapy development and the discovery of new drug. | Paul Brennan | 28 Jul 2015 |
| 475 | Creative Commons | The genetics of metabolic diseases | A missing step in a metabolic pathway leads to the build-up of toxic compounds, and the lack of materials essential for normal function. | Wyatt Yue | 28 Jul 2015 |
| 474 | Creative Commons | The economics of tropical diseases | Economics and health are interlinked in many ways, as seen in the vicious cycle between poverty and ill health. | Yoel Lubell | 28 Jul 2015 |
| 473 | Creative Commons | Getting the dose right | Too high a dose can result in toxicity and side-effects, too low a dose can cause the illness to come back and at worse develop resistance. | Joel Tarning | 28 Jul 2015 |
| 472 | Creative Commons | A deep breath in | Asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) are common conditions that affect the lives of many people. | Mona Bafadhel | 28 Jul 2015 |
| 471 | Creative Commons | Chemistry, epigenetics and drugs | Alteration of gene expression is fundamental to many diseases. A better understanding of how epigenetic proteins affect diseases provides a starting point for therapy development and the discovery of new drug. | Paul Brennan | 28 Jul 2015 |
| 470 | Creative Commons | The genetics of metabolic diseases | A missing step in a metabolic pathway leads to the build-up of toxic compounds, and the lack of materials essential for normal function. | Wyatt Yue | 28 Jul 2015 |
| 469 | Creative Commons | The economics of tropical diseases | Economics and health are interlinked in many ways, as seen in the vicious cycle between poverty and ill health. | Yoel Lubell | 28 Jul 2015 |
| 468 | Creative Commons | Getting the dose right | Too high a dose can result in toxicity and side-effects, too low a dose can cause the illness to come back and at worse develop resistance. | Joel Tarning | 28 Jul 2015 |
| 467 | Rediscovering the importance of sleep, 'the chief of all earthly blessings', in the digital age | Inaugural lecture on sleep research | Colin Espie | 27 Jul 2015 | |
| 466 | Translational neuroscience of the developing cerebral cortex | Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences Seminar | Zoltan Molnar | 30 Jun 2015 | |
| 465 | 'Artificial Intelligence' part 3 - Understanding how we learn language | Professor Kim Plunkett explains how neuroscientists use artificial intelligence as a tool to model processes in the brain – in particular to understand how infants acquire language. | Kim Plunkett | 12 Jun 2015 | |
| 464 | Creative Commons | Creating the evidence base for prescribing in psychiatry | Associate Professor Andrea Cipriani discusses his research that involves synthesising evidence for psychiatric medications | Andrea Cipriani | 01 Jun 2015 |
| 463 | Creative Commons | Translating Image from the Research Lab to the Clinic | How imaging is used in translational neuroscience. | Clare Mackay | 21 May 2015 |
| 462 | Creative Commons | Gait or Cognition: The Chicken or Egg Story | Movement and exercise and it's relation to thinking and cognition. | Helen Dawes | 21 May 2015 |
| 461 | Join Dementia Research: Help Beat Dementia | A short overview of 'Join Dementia Research', a national service in collaboration with Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Society & the National Institute of Health Research. | Jennifer Potts | 21 May 2015 | |
| 460 | Creative Commons | Biomarkers: Detecting Alzheimer's Early Enough to Treat it. | What are Biomarkers? And why are they useful in Alzheimer's Disease Research. | Alejo Nevado-Hogado | 21 May 2015 |
| 459 | Creative Commons | Using Stem Cells to Understand Dementia | Dr Angela Bithell of Reading University explains the importance of Stem Cells in trying to understand Dementia and finding new treatments | Angela Bithell | 21 May 2015 |
| 458 | Creative Commons | Funding World Class Dementia Research | An overview on Dementia and why Alzheimers Research UK is here | Emma O'Brien | 21 May 2015 |
| 457 | Welcome and Introduction | Principal Investigator, Richard Wade Martins, gives a brief introduction to the work of the Oxford Alzheimer's Research UK Network | Richard Wade Martins | 21 May 2015 | |
| 456 | How can skin cells help us understand Parkinson's? | Richard Wade Martins, OPDC Principal Investigator, discusses his current research into Skin cells and Stem cells | Richard Wade Martins | 21 May 2015 | |
| 455 | Overview: The Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre (OPDC) Cohort | Michele Hu, co-Principle Investigator of the OPDC, gives an overview of the Centre's vision and research themes | Michele Hu | 21 May 2015 | |
| 454 | Creative Commons | From Dreams to Neurodegeneration | REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson's Disease | Michal Rolinski | 21 May 2015 |
| 453 | Creative Commons | Using novel technologies to assess Parkinson's | Mathematician & Engineer, Max Little, discusses how modern technology, such as smart phones, can aid recording behavioural & environmental factors in Parkinson's research | Max Little | 21 May 2015 |
| 452 | Parkinson's: More than a tremor | Fahd Baig discusses the non motor symptoms of Parkinson's. | Fahd Baig | 21 May 2015 | |
| 451 | Creative Commons | Neuropathology: the CSI of Parkinson's Disease | The crucial role of Brain Donation to understand the mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease | Claudio Ruffman | 21 May 2015 |
| 450 | Creative Commons | Enteric fever | Dr Christiane Dolecek speaks about the research on enteric fever she conducted in Vietman and Nepal | Christiane Dolecek | 20 May 2015 |
| 449 | Creative Commons | Enteric fever | Dr Christiane Dolecek speaks about the research on enteric fever she conducted in Vietman and Nepal. | Christiane Dolecek | 20 May 2015 |
| 448 | 'Artificial Intelligence' part 2 - How to create machines that learn | Professor Nando de Freitas explains that understanding how our brains work has helped us create machines that learn, and how these learning machines can be put to completing different tasks. | Nando de Freitas | 19 May 2015 | |
| 447 | Give us a hand | Oxford Sparks explore what chirality is. | Jo Dunkley, Alain Goriely, Robert Llewellyn | 18 May 2015 | |
| 446 | Creative Commons | Early Intervention in Psychosis | Dr Matthew Broome discusses what is known about predicting the risk of transition to psychosis in high risk groups | Matthew Broome | 14 May 2015 |
| 445 | Microglia, cytokines and synapses in chronic neurodegeneration | Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences Seminar | Hugh Perry | 12 May 2015 | |
| 444 | Managing large scale international clinical trials | Managing clinical trials, of whatever size and complexity, requires efficient trial management. Barbara Farrell shares from her wide experience. | Barbara Farrell | 06 May 2015 | |
| 443 | Creative Commons | Vaccines for Malaria and Ebola | Weatherall lecture 2015, delivered by Professor Adrian Hill. | Adrian Hill | 06 May 2015 |
| 442 | 'Artificial Intelligence' part 1 - Using artificial intelligence to spot patterns | Professor Stephen Roberts explains how machines, whose job it is simply to learn, can help researchers spot scientific needles in data haystacks, which will help us solve some grand challenges. | Stephen Roberts | 15 Apr 2015 | |
| 441 | Genomic Medicine - hype or hope? | For the Inaugural Radcliffe Lecture 2014 Professor Hugh Watkins explores the success and limitations of genome sequencing in simple Mendelian diseases and in complex disorders, against the backdrop of his ground breaking research into heart disease. | Hugh Watkins | 13 Apr 2015 | |
| 440 | Creative Commons | Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Vietnam (OUCRU) | The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) is a large-scale clinical and public health research unit based in Vietnam. | Guy Thwaites | 13 Apr 2015 |
| 439 | Creative Commons | Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Vietnam (OUCRU) | The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) is a large-scale clinical and public health research unit based in Vietnam. | Guy Thwaites | 13 Apr 2015 |
| 438 | Storytelling in diabetes: a mixed-methods study | The patient as storyteller and the story as ‘self management’ | Trish Greenhalgh | 07 Apr 2015 | |
| 437 | Genetic dissection of neurodegenerative disease | Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences Seminar | John Hardy | 30 Mar 2015 | |
| 436 | 'Explosions' part 3 - Health and Big Data | Professor Gil McVean explains what Big Data is and how it can be used to better understand and treat complex conditions, such as heart disease and dementia. | Gil McVean | 30 Mar 2015 | |
| 435 | Research impact: the new jargon for knowledge to action | If we are going to take impact seriously, we need to be clear about the philosophical assumptions underpinning different kinds of research and also the different kinds of links between research, practice and policy. | Trish Greenhalgh | 26 Mar 2015 | |
| 434 | Creative Commons | The Campaign for Real EBM Evidence Based Medicine | Professor Trish Greenhalgh gives a talk on the crisis facing evidence based medicine and offers a solution for its rennaissance within healthcare. | Trish Greenhalgh | 24 Mar 2015 |
| 433 | Creative Commons | Impact of genetics on neuropsychopharmacology | Professor Paul Harrison discusses the genetics of mental health conditions | Paul Harrison | 24 Mar 2015 |
| 432 | Creative Commons | 'Explosions' part 2 - The origin of animal diversity | Dr Allison Daley describes what fossils can tell us about the Cambrian Explosion; a period of time 540 million years ago, where there was a vast increase in the different types of animals that existed. | Allison Daley | 16 Mar 2015 |
| 431 | Creative Commons | Emerging Infectious Diseases | Professor Peter Horby is Senior Clinical Research Fellow. His research focusses on epidemic diseases such as Ebola and bird flu, and crosses the disciplines of basic science, medical science and public health. | Peter Horby | 11 Mar 2015 |
| 430 | Creative Commons | Emerging Infectious Diseases | Professor Peter Horby is Senior Clinical Research Fellow. His research focusses on epidemic diseases such as Ebola and bird flu, and crosses the disciplines of basic science, medical science and public health. | Peter Horby | 11 Mar 2015 |
| 429 | Creative Commons | Human Cancer Genetics | Dr Gareth Bond, Associate Member of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, studies the influence of genetic variants on the origins, progression and treatment of human cancer. | Gareth Bond | 11 Mar 2015 |
| 428 | Creative Commons | Human Cancer Genetics | Dr Gareth Bond, Associate Member of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, studies the influence of genetic variants on the origins, progression and treatment of human cancer. | Gareth Bond | 11 Mar 2015 |
| 427 | Post-traumatic stress disorder: studies of flashback memories and their treatment | Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences Seminar | Anke Ehlers | 11 Mar 2015 | |
| 426 | You've Got a Nerve | In the early 1900s, Charles Sherrington examined microscope slides of muscles, nerves, the spine and the brain and traced the connections between them building a picture of how muscles are controlled. Researchers today still use principles he established. | Jo Dunkley, Robert Llewellyn | 05 Mar 2015 | |
| 425 | Give Peas a Chance | Nitrogen could be one of the most interesting elements in the periodic table. Find out more about this fascinating element and how research into peas and beans at Oxford could help feed the world! www.oxfordsparks.net/nitrogen. | Jo Dunkley, Robert Llewellyn | 05 Mar 2015 | |
| 424 | A Case of Crystal Clarity | Oxford Sparks presents an adventure in X-ray crystallography. Find out more and read about the science behind the animation at www.oxfordsparks.net/crystal. | Mel Giedroyc | 05 Mar 2015 | |
| 423 | Jet Plight | Take a journey through a jet engine with Ossie from Oxford Sparks. Find out more and read about the science behind the animation at www.oxfordsparks.net/jet. | Elliott Webb | 05 Mar 2015 | |
| 422 | A spin around the brain | Take a journey around the brain with Ossie from Oxford Sparks. Find out more and read about the science behind the animation at www.oxfordsparks.net/mri. | Ruby Wax | 05 Mar 2015 | |
| 421 | Creative Commons | "Explosions" Part 1 - Oppenheimer: father of the atomic bomb | Professor David Wark, who was scientific adviser for the play ‘Oppenheimer’, explores the science and broad implications of one of the most explosive ideas in Human history: the atomic bomb. | David Wark | 04 Mar 2015 |
| 420 | Using ketamine in treatment resistant depression | Dr Rupert McShane is interviewed about his current research into the antidepressant effects of ketamine infusion | Rupert McShane | 24 Feb 2015 | |
| 419 | The Art of Seeing | Part of a free public seminar 'Thinking About the Brain' | Chrystalina Antoniades | 12 Feb 2015 | |
| 418 | Half a World: What unilateral neglect tells us about space and the brain | Part of a free public seminar 'Thinking About the Brain' | Glyn Humphreys | 12 Feb 2015 | |
| 417 | Art, Illusions and the Visual Brain | Part of a free public seminar 'Thinking About the Brain' | Chris Kennard | 12 Feb 2015 |
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